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Tentrr, which was founded in 2015 by Michael D'Agostino and is based in New York City. It is the camping equivalent of air BnB with more than one thousand properties in 43 states, especially in the northeast. [1][2][3] Many of their sites are fully-furnished with a standard kit, with campers only needing to bring firewood and bedding. [4][5 ...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. [4] The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...
As of 2017, New York has 215 state parks and historic sites encompassing 350,000 acres. The agency's portfolio also includes 28 golf courses, 35 swimming pools, 67 beaches, and 18 museums and nature centers. [5] The following sortable tables list current and former New York state parks, respectively, all 'owned' or managed by the OPRHP, as of 2015.
The 64,800-acre (262 km 2) [1] Allegany State Park began on May 2, 1921, when an Act of the New York State Legislature approved the purchase of two tracts of land in the Quaker Run Valley. [6] The act provided $25,000 in state funds for the purchase of land, provided that an equal amount in private funds be raised first.
Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department [ 5 ] charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York. [ 6 ] As of 2014, the NYS OPRHP manages nearly 335,000 acres (523 sq mi; 1,360 km 2) of public ...
Croton Point Park. Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson.. The park has several public attractions including a miniature aircraft airport, boat launch, tent and RV camping, cabin rental, cross-country skiing, fishing, group picnicking, hiking and walking trails, a museum, nature study, pavilions, a playground, swimming, and a beach.
The state of New York owns or controls more than half of the 6 million acres (24,000 km 2) in the Adirondacks.Most of this is protected by Section One of Article 14 of the state's constitution, known as the Forever Wild Clause: “The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands”.